For one night each month, the girls-only Ladies’ Night takes over Breaking Free Skatepark
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Rehabilitating the soul
Sole Rehab, a two-year-old DJ collective, is helping underground house culture thrive in Rochester
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Blind photographer Mohammed Saad lectures at Eastman Museum
Mohammed Saad may have learned English from watching “Titanic,” but he couldn’t tell you whether there was enough room for both Jack and Rose on the raft. Saad, a disability advocate, app developer, and photographer, is blind. Just shy of George Eastman’s 153rd birthday, Saad lectured at the Eastman Museum on Tuesday, June 11, the […]
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Film explores impact of when a rape results in motherhood
For all of our debates over the right for women to terminate unwanted pregnancies, there’s less conversation about women who decide to keep children conceived through rape. Filmmaker and Flower City Arts Center Artist-In-Residence Nicholle La Vann is creating a documentary about her own assault and her broken relationship with her daughter, in the effort […]
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Teens lead tour of the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood
Rochester has a variety of neighborhoods full of history and art. And on Friday, August 19, 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., you can get a unique look at one of them at the Historical Urban Art Walking Tour in the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood. (There was a tour kickoff on Thursday, August 18.) The tour, […]
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Night of the living thread
A lifelong passion for scary movies led Ben Scrivens to start Fright Rags, an online purveyor of original horror-themed T-shirts. The Rochester-based company now has a global fan base, and is getting work from major movie studios.
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Removal of airport artwork causes turbulence
When the Greater Rochester International Airport was renovated in the 1980’s, there was a push to have major works by local artists installed there. The new design, in fact, was created with art in mind, and spaces were reserved for site-specific work. This was following a national trend; airports were becoming the sites of important […]
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Makers Gallery and Studio offers caffeine, great light, donuts
Though Makers Gallery and Studio opened in May 2015, people are still stumbling upon the venue. Co-owners Edward Zachary Graham, Alexander Gruttadaro, and Anni Gruttadaro have created a smart combination of coffee shop, art gallery, and workspace, where visitors are invited to hang out and work in a cozy, caffeinated environment. The space also hosts […]
